Fedora 16 configure network interface using NetworkManager

How to configure network interface on Fedora 16

The step by step example below show how to configure network interface on Fedora 16. The Fedora 16 use NetworkManager to manage network interface, by using NetworkManager this simple step by step artice show how to configure network interface to use static IP address.

Check network properties.

To show network properties type in ifconfig command.

1. Open terminal and type in ifconfig command and hit enter key.

[fedora@localhost ~]$ ifconfig

em1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:21:65:C7:2D

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Interrupt:17

em2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:21:65:C7:2C

inet addr:60.49.199.75 Bcast:60.49.199.79 Mask:255.255.255.248

inet6 addr: fe80::213:21ff:fe65:c72c/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:14743744 errors:0 dropped:3610 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:691939 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:1863873005 (1.7 GiB) TX bytes:84722609 (80.7 MiB)

Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:429 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:429 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:36564 (35.7 KiB) TX bytes:36564 (35.7 KiB)

virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B7:EB:4F

inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[fedora@localhost ~]$

Open NetworkManager configuration tools.

Then to start the network configuration process, open NetworkManager configuration tools by type in nm-connection-editor on the terminal.

2. Then type in nm-connection-editor and hit enter key, this open the interface of NetworkManager configuration tools...

2. Choose network device that you need to configure and the click edit button... on the example, we choose system em1 network device to edit as an example... then go to IPv4 Settings tab and choose Manual by clicking the Method drop down menu